Game Day – Day 4
Mercifully, we both got a decent night’s sleep at long last. I was up relatively early, as I had conference on the brain. The first sessions of talks at the conference were not very relevant […]
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Urban wanderers – Day 3
Photos We were again somewhat slow getting started, as David was still not getting a good night’s sleep. Our plan for the day was to grab a bit of lunch in New Town and then […]
A quiet day in Edinburgh – Day 2
Despite having fallen asleep relatively early, David did not have the smoothest night, waking up at 2 am and not able to fall asleep for a couple of hours. The guest house provided a hot […]
A wee sojourn in Scotland – Day 1
Photos We were fortunate to have a relatively relaxing start to our journey—taking a cab to the airport and lounging in the United Lounge with our free wine and whisky. Because we used miles to […]
a sojourn through the lochs
Photos We awoke to a lovely breakfast of eggs and bacon and fruit. For David, he sampled black pudding, a Scottish specialty, which is essentially pig’s blood sausage. The flavour transported him back to Colorado […]
A wee roadtrip across the Highlands
Photos After a brief flurry of packing and breakfast toast, David and I were out the door, making a quick stop at the printing place to print off some documents needed for the car rental. […]
Castles, palaces and scones…oh my!
Photos So my endeavour to feel less sick seemed to pay off in the morning, as my sore throat had largely subsided; however, my sinuses were definitely feeling stuffed. We had actually slept in ’til […]
Blustery walks
Photos It was an early morning start (not intentionally, one of the perks of sharing a wall with a youngin). After a quick meal of toast and jam, we headed off on our walk towards […]
Academic flavour
Photos We awoke at a surprisingly decent hour in the morning, enjoying a spot of toast and jam before heading out to D’s first meeting of the day. We stopped briefly at the Victor Hugo […]
Off to tartan country
Travel days are often quite busy and exciting, filled with last-minute packing and frantic emails to resolve unfinished business. Our “off to the UK” travel day was particularly fun-filled as I had still had testing […]